Articles tagged: 1st Ward
Kailasapathy beats Sturgis in 1st Ward race for Ann Arbor City Council
Posted: Aug 07, 2012Kailasapathy currently beating Sturgis in the 1st Ward race for Ann Arbor City Council. Read more »
with video: Closing statements from Saturday's Ann Arbor City Council candidate forum
Posted: Jul 14, 2012The Ann Arbor Democratic Party hosted a political forum Saturday featuring all eight candidates in four contested races for the Ann Arbor City Council. Read more »
Ann Arbor City Council candidates debate trust and transparency in city government
Posted: Jul 14, 2012A discussion on trust and transparency in Ann Arbor city government led to a feisty exchange between two 2nd Ward candidates for City Council on Saturday. Sally Hart Petersen, who is running as a Democrat ... Read more »
1st Ward candidate for Ann Arbor City Council: 'I have been attacked throughout this campaign'
Posted: Jul 11, 2012The 1st Ward race for the Ann Arbor City Council is one of the most hotly contested local election battles this year, and it's perhaps the ugliest. With incumbent Sandi Smith stepping down, Democrats Eric ... Read more »
Ann Arbor City Council candidates bicker over signs before tense debate
Posted: Jun 21, 2012The gloves were off before the debate even started Wednesday night between 1st Ward Ann Arbor City Council candidates Eric Sturgis and Sumi Kailasapathy. Read more »
Sturgis vs. Kailasapathy: 1st Ward race for Ann Arbor City Council is a choice between two new faces
Posted: May 15, 2012The 1st Ward race for the Ann Arbor City Council leaves voters with a choice between a 26-year-old tennis coach and a 45-year-old accountant from Sri Lanka. No matter who wins between Eric Sturgis and ... Read more »
More Ann Arbor City Council candidates file as Tuesday deadline approaches
Posted: May 11, 2012With Tuesday's filing deadline only days away, candidates for the Ann Arbor City Council are lining up and making their campaigns official. Vivienne Armentrout, who is running as a Democrat in the 5th Ward, filed ... Read more »
Sandi Smith says she won't seek re-election to Ann Arbor City Council
Posted: Apr 23, 2012Related story: Warpehoski pulls petitions in 5th Ward as Ann Arbor City Council races take shape Sandi Smith announced today she will not seek re-election to the Ann Arbor City Council this year, leaving open ... Read more »
Candidates in Washtenaw County spent thousands on campaigns, new finance reports show
Posted: Sep 03, 2010(This story has been updated to reflect information from campaign finance reports filed by John Hieftje, Jack Eaton, Lou Glorie. Glorie filed her report late today. Eaton filed his report shortly before the county clerk's ... Read more »
Ann Arbor mayor, incumbent City Council members declare victory over slate of challengers
Posted: Aug 03, 2010Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje and three of his colleagues on the City Council declared victory Tuesday night over a slate of candidates who were hoping to oust them. The challengers waged an aggressive campaign ... Read more »
Early voters in Ann Arbor favor incumbents, say they're pleased with direction city is headed
Posted: Aug 03, 2010The polls are open in Ann Arbor, and voters are speaking. So far, they appear to be saying they want to keep Mayor John Hieftje and all three incumbent Ann Arbor City Council members who are up ... Read more »
Candidates in Ann Arbor mayoral and council races say much is at stake in Tuesday's primary
Posted: Aug 01, 2010What's at stake in Tuesday's Democratic primary election? The future of Ann Arbor, say the candidates running for city offices. A slate of four challengers headed up by mayoral candidate Patricia Lesko is hoping to ... Read more »
Sandi Smith defending 1st Ward seat on Ann Arbor City Council against Sumi Kailasapathy
Posted: Jul 27, 2010Voters in Ann Arbor's 1st Ward will decide next Tuesday between two Ann Arbor City Council candidates with vastly different perspectives and priorities. Sandi Smith, who was first elected two years ago, is seeking reelection. ... Read more »
City Council challengers say they're worried Ann Arbor's quality of life is declining
Posted: Jul 15, 2010Three challengers seeking election to the Ann Arbor City Council went head-to-head with the incumbents in a debate this week, saying the quality of life in Ann Arbor is starting to slip. "Ann Arbor is ... Read more »
Sierra Club backs challengers over incumbents in Ann Arbor mayoral and council races
Posted: Jul 05, 2010The local and statewide chapters of the Sierra Club are backing an unofficial slate of candidates hoping to oust incumbent Ann Arbor City Council members in the Aug. 3 primary. Both the Huron Valley Group ... Read more »
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